White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Rugers Rascals Silverman stifles Sherman Park, 11-8 in first-ever WSGSL Win

WPCNR Pressbox. May 11, 2002. 10:00 AM Rugers Rascals, the senior girls Little League Team beat Sherman Park Friday evening at Gille Field under the lights, 11-8, behind the sinker ball stylings of Rachel Silverman to record White Plains Senior Girls first-ever win in the Westchester Senior Girls Softball League. Rookie Manager Jack Hackbarth's team was lead by the slugging of Emma Cornfield who blasted a 3-run homer in the first inning. Cornfield added a bases-clearing triple in the right centerfield gap later in the game.

Hackbarth's team backed up Silverman's pitching with slick fielding on the infield theater, producing a crisp win. Silverman kept the ball down and the Rascals' gloves were equal to the task with slick picks and accurate throws. Righthander Silverman's stylings were reminiscent of the great Lew Burdette of the old Milwaukee Braves, as Sherman Park hitters consistently beat the ball into the Gille dirt, rarely getting anything in the air.

The White Plains girls were playing with only 8 fielders, so the win was not only solid, but remarkable for Silverman's ability to induce the Sherman Parkers to hit the ball on the ground. Sherman Park rallied late, but fell short.

Silverman showed great command of the strike zone, and elegant poise in pitching out of jams. She had a shutout through three innings.


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